Nolan attacks Albany mayor over city finances
Albany mayoral race heats up as Senator Howard Nolan accuses Mayor Erastus Corning II of fiscal ineptitude after a review shows the city carried about 1.7 million in debts not owed. Corning calls the find a windfall and pledges limited impact on taxes while Nolan pushes a thorough overhaul and clearer annual financial reporting.
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Albany
Howard Nolan
Erastus Corning II
Dewey Henzel
Lyle Hoffer
Corning
Nolan
Mary Dollard
Students visit shack learn all about ham radio
Maple Hill High School students tour Joe Battaglia's ham radio shack. The veteran operator WB2QEH showed his rebuilt gear and spoke of messages delivering medicine and aid, with walls of QSL cards from contacts around the world.
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Castleton
Maple Hill High School
Joe Battaglia
Battaglia
2CPA
Wb2qeh
What is available at the senior citizens information table
Readers are invited to visit the senior citizens information table in the Troy Post Office lobby sponsored by Ned Pattison for local residents. The staff, seniors, offer free booklets on subjects from gardening to pickles and free copies of legislation.
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Troy Post Office
Ned Pattison
Lester Tick
Congressional District
Rescued by mailman after fall in East Greenbush home
An 85 year old East Greenbush woman, Marion Van Kewren of 17 Van Buren Ave, was found on her basement floor by a mailman Tuesday morning. She was listed in fair condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Police say she fell down stairs and had been on the floor since about 10 a.m. Monday.
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Miss Ghosio
Kenneth Gronin
Miller Hill School
Averill Park
New York
G.M. Draman
Christine Ghosio
East Greenbush
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Marion van Kewren
van Buren Ave
Ronald Daoust
van Kewren
Walk-a-thon by Rensselaer Girls Club May 15
The Rensselaer Girls Club will hold its annual walk-a-thon Sunday May 15. A 10 mile route invites boys girls club members friends and supporters to walk for sponsors pledging per mile. Sponsor sheets and instructions are at the club on Washington Street and Third Avenue.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer Girls Club
Washington Street
Third Avenue
Maple Hill High School media staff keep busy over holiday
Rensselaer students repaired equipment and activated their amateur radio station WB2YCR during the school break. They toured WTEN TV in Albany with engineer Ed Hobson and visited WROW radio to watch live noon news production.
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Castleton
Maple Hill High School
Wten-Tv
Albany
Ed Hobson
WTEN
WROW
Common Council to Meet at City Hall Tonight
The Common Council will hold a public meeting at 8 p.m. at Rensselaer City Hall. City clerk Harry Beaudin Jr. did not provide an agenda, which remains unavailable to the public.
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Rensselaer
Harry Beaudin, Jr
Vermont Bans Phosphate Detergents in New Law
Gov. Richard Snelling signed a bill prohibiting sale of phosphate detergents in Vermont. The ban, debated for two years, takes effect next year and allows limited uses for dishwashers agriculture medical and food industries to curb algae growth and water pollution.
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Montpelier, Vt
Richard Snelling
Vermont
North Greenbush Police to Host Summer Bicycle Safety Program
The North Greenbush Police Department will hold a summer bicycle safety program open to all groups and interested persons. Appointments for the program can be made with Officer Clements at 283-5323 or 283-5720. Bicycles may be inspected and registered Saturdays or Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the police station.
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North Greenbush
Clements
Cleanup planned for Rensselaer Little League grounds
The Rensselaer Little League Auxiliary will sponsor a cleanup of the Willow Street playing grounds from April 25 to 30. Volunteers are invited to help each evening at 6 p.m. to get ready for the league season opening on May 1.
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Rensselaer
Little League Auxiliary
Willow Street
New gypsum plant in East Greenbush faces water limits
Rensselaer mayor Joe Mink says National Gypsum seeks 65 000 gallons daily but city water capacity is strained by two existing plants and heavy traffic from the Port of Albany. Officials plan a meeting with planners to discuss the proposal and concerns from Rensselaer residents.
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Rensselaer
National Gypsum Company Gypsum
East Greenbush
National Gypsum Company
Claude Rounds
Mink
National Gypsum
Rensselaer Planning Board
City Council
Michael Wachdlder
Medicaid mills regulations loom in Albany as bills move
The Assembly passed its Medicaid mills regulations aimed at shared health facilities amid Senate consideration. The plan would require facility registration, ban profit rent portions, outlaw fee-splitting and patient ping-ponging, and guarantee follow up care. It estimates saving about 50 million annually and targets 400 facilities handling 250 million in Medicaid funds.
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State Assembly
Senate
Alan Hevesi
Queens
Hevesi
Assembly
State Senate
Spanking Policy Split Amid New York State Debate
NY teachers union estimates about 75 percent of the state’s 3.5 million public school students are protected from corporal punishment by local boards. The U S Supreme Court ruled that federal law does not shield students from spankings, citing a Miami case. New York allows districts to decide, with adult witnesses required if punishment is allowed. The NYCLU seeks a statewide ban.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Ned Hopkins
New York State United Teachers Union
Supreme Court
New York Civil Liberties Union
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